For years, we have seen what happens when the Church leaves the building and carries the love of Christ to the darkest places in our cities. Children are saved, families receive support, and people encounter the Gospel.
But the Church’s presence also reaches the men and women working inside abortion centers.
This July, Love Life celebrated a significant milestone: the 100th abortion worker has left the industry since we began tracking these stories in 2018.
Pastor Ed Bellaire had become increasingly burdened by the distance between many churchgoers and the people who desperately needed the Gospel. Wanting to meet people in the middle of their everyday pain, he began driving for Uber.
In January, Ed picked up Clara and asked her about her story. She told him she worked at an abortion center, the very place where he was taking her.
Clara had not realized it was an abortion center when she applied. She was initially told she would not be involved in abortion procedures, but that quickly changed. As a single mother, she felt trapped between her convictions and her need to provide for her family.
Ed told her that the Church could help her find another way.
Clara was connected with Vicky Kaseorg, a longtime Love Life sidewalk ministry leader in Charlotte. Vicky challenged her to consider what it meant to follow Jesus while working in a place that ended the lives of vulnerable children. She also offered practical help, including employment assistance and a connection to a ministry that helps abortion workers leave the industry.
Then Clara stopped responding.
For seven months, Ed, Vicky, and others continued praying and reaching out. Vicky kept sending Clara a daily Scripture, even though Clara never replied.
Then one day, she did.
Clara had left the abortion center and was now working as a CNA, caring for elderly people in the job she had always wanted.
Clara was number 100. But her story did not happen in isolation. It grew from the same faithful presence that has helped abortion workers across the country see that another life is possible.
For years, the Church has stood outside abortion centers not only to reach mothers and save children, but also to pray for the people working inside. Workers like Cawana Talbert and Alfonso saw that consistent presence, encountered the love of Christ, and eventually found the courage and support to leave.
Cawana Talbert worked at Charlotte’s busiest abortion center for 15 years, eventually becoming its office manager. She watched the Church gather outside in blue shirts, praying and offering help. She later said seeing them together “looked like heaven.”
When Cawana left, the people who had prayed outside welcomed her with love. Today, she serves alongside Love Life, even baking cookies for the teams that once prayed for her freedom.
In Ontario, Oregon, Love Life missionaries prayed for Alfonso for more than two years. After spending five years inside an abortion center, he left the industry, joined the sidewalk outreach that had prayed for him, and became connected to a local church for discipleship.
Abortion workers are not the enemy. They are people who need truth, grace, and a clear path out.
When the Church shows up consistently, children are saved and lives are transformed. One hundred workers have now left the abortion industry, and behind every number is a person the Church refused to stop praying for.
Name changed for privacy.